Economies the truth is many experts dont believe that will fully happen until there is a working vaccine but there is some promising news out of Oxford University in the United Kingdom according to a report in the New York Times scientists at the University Jenner Institute are ready to move forward with trials of an inoculation tested against previous versions of the crown of virus which were harmless to humans researchers at the National Institutes for health Rocky Mountain laboratory in montana tested the oxford vaccine on 6 monkeys now the animals were given a single dose and exposed to the current corona virus and after 4 weeks the monkeys are all healthy while other monkeys which were not inoculated and exposed to the corona virus did get sick speaking with the Economic Club of washington d. C. The United States top Infectious Disease specialist dr anthony said he was cautiously optimistic about these tests and spoke about the broader process of developing vaccines. There are goi
Prosthetic limb is helping children like phoebe. The head of the nhs in england has warned that workers are back in the eye of the storm as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Simon stevens praised the efforts of staff at the end of what he said was for most the toughest year in living memory. Hospitals in england are currently treating more Covid Patients than at the peak of the first wave in april. Heres our Health Correspondent catherine burns. Every christmas, the nhs chief executive puts out a message thanking staff. Today, and acknowledgement it has been the toughest year most of us can remember and its not over yet. We are back in the eye of the storm. With this second wave of coronavirus, sweeping europe and indeed this country. The number of Covid Patients in england peaked in the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Over the summer, the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Overthe summer, things the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Over the summer, things got much bett
This is a bbc news special. The uks top scientific and medical advisers will issue a stark message this is the scene live in downing street. Lets go there now. Some of the gnomes and some of the uncertainties. Let me just start by reminding you that this disease spread by droplets, by surface contact and by aerosols. Hence the hands, face, space, but also to remind you that the way we reduce the spread is by limiting our number of co nta cts, the spread is by limiting our number of contacts, by reducing contact in
environments where spread is more likely. Those are crowded environments, indoor environments, poor ventilation. And making sure we reduce the probability of coming into co nta ct reduce the probability of coming into contact with anyone who was infectious and that is the importance of self isolation, keeping out of circulation if you have or may have the virus. May i have or may have the virus. May i have the first slide please . I want to start by talking about the rise in
There e mail, he said we are now part of it but i will be not part of it in the beginning . Someone in the Foreign Office said it was a political decision. Could he tell us what went on . Could he publish all the background briefings so we can see exactly what happened and he can reassure us see exactly what happened and he can reassure us that appropriate. Finally, on testing i agree with him. Testing and Contact Tracing is vital in lockdown so he talks about wanting to upscaled Contact Tracing. That is very labour intensive. Can we use the 750,000 volunteers who have signed up to do some of that Contact Tracing . The app is welcome, when will it be welcome . Will the app be mandatory or will it be volu nta ry . App be mandatory or will it be voluntary . If it is voluntary how will we ensure that is taken up by the population . And on testing can he comment on the reports today that one of the pcr tests which has been used for some nhs staff return false results and those staff have h
The coronavirus when i see the disinfectant when it knocks that out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside . And, more than £27 Million Pounds is raised by the big night in, for charities supporting people through the pandemic. Good afternoon. The newly launched government website which allows key workers in england to register for a coronavirus test has stopped taking bookings, just hours after it went live. It was announced yesterday that up to 10 Million People and members of their household will be able to request a test, and the Scottish Government has said it wants to put a similar system in place very soon. But a message on the website in england is already asking people to try again later. Under the new plan, all key workers should be able to register for a test online, if they or a Family Member have virus symptoms. The tests will contribute to the governments target of adminstering 100,000 tests a day by the end of this